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Musica Sacra
In September 2010, when Pope Benedict made his historic and transformative visit to the United Kingdom, his first stop was Glasgow, Scotland. There, as he inaugurated the first-ever official state visit by the pope to […]
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This week’s “Must Read Rant” is brought to you…
… by Dr. Anthony Esolen, a frequent contributor to CWR, writing for Crisis: Imagine someone appealing to Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, to justify the activities of gangs in Los Angeles. Why not? […]
Sojourns with Schall
“Where Are The Catholics?”
On the morning after Thanksgiving, I was driving over to Frederick, Maryland with one of my nephews. On the car radio, he was listening to a talk radio program from WMAL in Washington. The host […]
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The Solemnity of Christ the King in China
Sunday, Solemnity of Christ the King, 25 November 2012, Beijing, China. Only recently the auxiliary bishop of Shanghai bravely announced from the pulpit of Saint Ignatius cathedral that he would no longer subject himself to the […]
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“Our rulers hold democracy in contempt.”
No, that’s not from a Tea Party member or someone on the NRO site (although it could well be, and for good reason), but from an Englishman, Thomas Pascoe, writing on The Telegraph site about […]
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, November 25, 2012, The Solemnity of Christ the King | Carl E. Olson Readings: • Dan 7:13-14 • Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 • Rev 1:5-8 • Jn […]
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5th anniversary of “Summorum Pontificum” celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica
Rome. The international traditional pilgrimage “Una cum papa nostro” (“together with our Pope”), organized in Rome by Coetus Internationalis Pro Summorum Pontificum (CISP) to support the Pope in the fifth anniversary of his motu proprio […]
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Born in Bethlehem?
Certain biblical scholars, including some Catholic ones, have a bad habit of claiming Jesus was born in Nazareth, not Bethlehem. The basis for such a claim? That Jesus was known as Jesus of Nazareth and, […]
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What was Padre Pio’s last letter about?
The most recent issue of the Catholic Medical Quarterly (UK) is dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. Included as an editorial is the last known letter by Padre Pio, written to Pope Paul VI on September 12, […]